mlb roundup

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yankees 5, A’s 0

NEW YORK

CC Sabathia pitched one-hit ball for eight innings to earn his major league-leading 19th win, fill-in Curtis Granderson homered twice and New York finished a four-game sweep. Sabathia (19-5) gave up Mark Ellis’ clean single leading off the second. Jonathan Albaladejo completed the combined one-hitter in the ninth. Granderson hit a solo homer and a two-run shot as a replacement for Nick Swisher, who left after one inning because of a stiff left knee. Jorge Posada also homered a day after an animated ejection, propelling the Yankees to their sixth straight victory. Dallas Braden (9-10) left in the sixth inning with heat-related cramps. He allowed two hits and slowly walked off trailing 1-0. He was coming off a four-hit shutout at Texas.

Red Sox 6, Orioles 4

BALTIMORE

Adrian Beltre homered to spark a five-run second inning, and Boston salvaged a .500 road trip. David Ortiz drove in two runs and J.D. Drew had three hits for the Red Sox, who moved within 61/2 games of idle Tampa Bay in the AL wild-card race. Boston dropped two of three on the road against the Rays, then lost in Baltimore on Tuesday before winning two straight. After missing his last start with a sore back, Daisuke Matsuzaka (9-4) gave up four runs in 52/3 innings.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Mets 4, Braves 2

ATLANTA

David Wright homered, Johan Santana won for the first time in four starts and New York snapped Atlanta’s five-game winning streak. The Mets, who had dropped three straight, broke a 13-game stretch in which they scored three runs or less against the NL East-leading Braves. Tim Hudson (15-6) lost for the first time in nine starts after allowing eight hits and four runs — three earned — with one walk and four strikeouts in seven innings. Santana (11-9) left after five innings, his shortest outing in 23 starts, throwing 65 pitches. The Mets announced that the left-hander had a strained pectoral muscle and was listed as day-to-day. Santana allowed three hits, one run and one walk with three strikeouts to avoid losing four straight starts for the first time since May 18-June 3, 2004 with Minnesota. The Mets took a 2-0 lead in the first off Hudson, who was 6-0 with a 1.43 ERA in his previous eight starts.

Phillies 12, Rockies 11

DENVER

Chase Utley drove in six runs and hit a grand slam to cap a nine-run seventh inning as Philadelphia overcame a four-run deficit. Utley’s six RBIs tied a career high and came after Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth also went deep during the big inning in which the Phillies had nine hits. Antonio Bastardo (1-0) benefited from the Phillies’ big inning, getting the win despite allowing a run and four hits in one inning of relief. Brad Lidge got the last three outs for his 19th save but not before giving up a run. Colorado had 19 hits. Carlos Gonzalez hit his 31st homer and Chris Iannetta and Dexter Fowler also homered as the Rockies built a 7-3 lead heading into the seventh. Manny Delcarmen (0-1), acquired from Boston earlier in the week, gave up four earned runs on four hits while getting just one out in his NL debut.

Associated Press